In recent years, there has been significant progress in immunohistochemistry as an ancillary tool in diagnostic dermatopathology. In most instances, the histologic diagnosis can be rendered with the routine histologic sections; however, immunohistochemistry can help to narrow the differential in diagnosing neoplasms of cutaneous appendages in some settings including adnexal versus epidermal origin, benign versus malignant adnexal neoplasms, and primary adnexal carcinoma versus cutaneous metastases as outlined in this review.
Associate Professor of Pathology, Harvard Medical School' Staff Dermatopathologist, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA.
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Reprints: Mai P. Hoang, MD, Department of Pathology, Massachusetts General Hospital, 55 Fruit Street, Warren 820, Boston, MA 02114 (e-mail: mhoang@partners.org).
